Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Ring-2.6-1T
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has enough public results to be ranked (#156); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Ant Group (inclusionAI)Side by side
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Ant Group (inclusionAI) |
| Noometry Index | 39.3 | 36.3 |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | 2026-05-14 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | — |
| Results tracked | 18 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.6 (#143), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.1
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 42.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 432.57 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 25.7 (#128), Ring-2.6-1T: 25.3
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 3.7% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1335 | — |
Math Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 34.7 (#156), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1355 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 36.9 (#154), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1354 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#175), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1292 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1356 | — |
| LMArena French | 1369 | — |
| LMArena German | 1280 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1233 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1257 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1321 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.8 (#166), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1317 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#160), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1312 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#198), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1324 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1327 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Ring-2.6-1T?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has enough public results to be ranked (#156); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (39.6 vs 40.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Ring-2.6-1T share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.